Wind damage to slide topper
My RV is getting up in age, about 14 years now, and yesterday I moved it to a new storage place and got caught in some real heavy winds. The winds were at about 90 degrees to the direction of travel ...
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rgatijnet1 wrote:
I had a single spring go out at 11 years old. I replaced both topper springs and the topper material at the same time. I took the material off, which is not a big deal once you have it apart to change the springs, and took it to a marine cover shop where they duplicated my existing topper fabric for $150.
Tensioning the topper springs can be a challange so you may want to get a mobile mechanic to do that part of the project.
When the spring went out did that enable the topper to blow more while on the road? What I was thinking is maybe the springs are getting old and loose and that is what allowed the wind to catch it and cause the problems.
